Social Circle Elementary School

Social Circle Elementary School is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in Social Circle, Georgia, one of the schools within Social Circle City, with 436 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Social Circle City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,032 students. Social Circle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Social Circle Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 19% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Walton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Social Circle Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Social Circle Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Walton County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Social Circle Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 45.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Walton County) shows that median household income runs about $84,945, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Walton County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,815 students), of which Social Circle Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Social Circle Primary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Social Circle Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Social Circle Elementary School has rose 10%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025.

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